Deborah Brye

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My Background

“Never a ship sails out of the bay but carries my heart as a stowaway”.

This phrase was my inspiration…living in San Francisco BayArea and having access to visit the various ships calling in The City…my goalwas to get into the travel industry and spread the word on how wonderful the cruising experience could be!

I officially began my travel career in 1983 in SanFrancisco, moved down to LosAngeles, onto Detroit area where I was with one of the original API agencies. Then in '93 relocated to theland of sunshine, palm trees and cruise ships galore South Florida!

From Sitmar to Silversea and every ship inbetween, I’vesailed or extensively toured the ships….I pride myself on making the perfectmatch of client to their ideal cruise vacation.

Prefer Land I will find the ideal tour – orcreate the perfect itinerary from beginning to end that is just for YOU! Take a Hot Air Balloon ride over the templesin Bagan, ride an elephant in Thailand, thrill at the site of lioness and hercubs on safari!!!!!

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Extreme Professional

By: Lipps

Reviewed on: 10 Nov 2013

Deborah has always put together the trip that I want. She either anticipates my needs or reacts immediately to whatever I request. She puts together the best combination of high quality while staying within my budget. I cannot imagine finding a better travel agent. Thank you Deborah for great vacations.

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ALWAYS OUTSTANDING

By: BILL36

Reviewed on: 26 Nov 2013

I ALWAYS EXPECT DEBORAH TO DO AN OUTSTANDING JOB FOR ME AND SHE DID NOT LET ME DOWN THIS TIME. I RECOMMEND HER TO OTHERS BECAUSE OF THE OUTSTANDING WORK FOR ME.

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OUTSTANDING TRAVEL AGENT

By: Big Daddy from California

Reviewed on: 21 Nov 2013

For two straight years we have relied on Deborah to arrange our cruise and travel plans. She has done an EXCELLENT job for us. Very focused on our needs and plays close attention to all details. An excellent communicator.

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By: Not provided

Reviewed on: 25 Nov 2013

Deborah did a great job before , during and after the cruise.
If the chance comes again to use the services of a travel agent, Deborah will be the one to call.
Jack from Mount P.

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Highly Recommend

By: MichiganFamily

Reviewed on: 27 Dec 2013

We had a great time and EVERYTHING was amazing. Our hotels we are at very stop. Our tour guides we the best part of the trip. We would recommend Deborah to use for your vacation of a life time.

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Highly Recommended

By: HerbD

Reviewed on: 06 Feb 2014

I have worked with Deborah on several cruises and hope to do so again. She has always been very helpful, and professional. My wife and I have never been disappointed.

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Outstanding

By: Bill J

Reviewed on: 08 Mar 2014

Trip was cancelled because of health reasons but Deborah has been doing an OUTSTANDING job for us on a great number of trips over the last 30 years.

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Highly recommended

By: DeeDee

Reviewed on: 12 Mar 2014

Debra was highly efficient, resourceful, and approachable. I have not met her in person, but I feel I can trust her.

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Very pleased

By: Roz

Reviewed on: 05 Jun 2014

My husband and I were very pleased with the planning of our cruise.She included luggage free and transportation to and from the airport. We found her to be very attentive to our needs. Deborah is an asset to the Virtuoso Community.

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great travel agent, planning was well thought out

By: Sandy

Reviewed on: 02 Jul 2014

Our last trip was great, well planned, arrangements for tours & were good, very considerate of our needs,

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Kudos to Ms. Brye

By: Longhorn1

Reviewed on: 13 Jul 2014

How lucky were we to have found Ms.Brye! My wife and I do not travel much, certainly not abroad. However, when
a family wedding to be held in London arose on the horizon some months
back, we decided that, while there, we would try to make a family vacation
out of the trip as well, hoping to combine wedding activities with touring in London
and the surrounding countryside and then taking the Eurostar to Paris and spending several days there, too. Inexperienced in such ventures, we realized the
need for professional assistance. Fortunately, my sister-in-law, who travels extensively, referred us to Deborah. Planing required frequent, usually daily, e-mails or phone
calls, all of which were answered most expediently. She assisted us in
planning tours, dinners, train and hotel reservations, tour
guides, drivers, etc There were no glitches in anything on
this trip, and it will be memorable as the best trip we have ever taken. Kudos to Ms. Brye!

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highly recommended. a great pleasure having her plan my travels.

By: Cklee

Reviewed on: 22 Jul 2014

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The Best

By: LRLIPNER

Reviewed on: 18 Aug 2014

Due to an unfortunate accident we were not able to go on this trip and had to cancel it. Deborah was not only fantastic in arranging the trip, but was also equally fantastic in helping to cancel the trip. She recommended the cruise line, took care of all the reservations and helped get us discounted business class airfare, on the same exact flight as the one sold by the cruise line. Deborah gets a 5 star rating! We also have used Deborah for our previous trips. While on a trip to Italy, we were not happy with a choice we made and by contacting her Italian local travel agency, we were able to change the plans to our liking in just a matter of minutes, and with a reduction in price with a refund. At that moment I knew we had a winner with Deborah Brye.

Another wonderful trip!

By: Lindy

Reviewed on: 06 Oct 2014

As Always Outstanding Service

By: BillJ

Reviewed on: 09 Nov 2014

Great service even though it was requested on short notice.

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Equinox 2014 eastern caribbean

By: John

Reviewed on: 08 Dec 2014

The islands were great except for Dominica where there is hardly any shopping and restaurants. All the people we met on the ship and the islands were friendly and easy going especially Barbados. Equinox was also great, with a nice stateroom, always kept clean by the room attendants. We enjoyed the breakfast in bed every morning. The shows were also great and a nice change from the Holland America version. The specialty restaurants, Maurano, Tuscan grill and the Silk Harvest were a nice treat from the busy Ocean View restaurant. The table side prep for the lobster at Maurano was very pampering and relaxing. Some of the excursions could have been better organized since a few seemed a little chaotic because of no Celebrity rep to guide the guests. The Apple Store was a nice surprise with some presentations and demos. . We would definitely cruise again with Celebrity for the right itinerary. Thanks Deborah for the gift that was waiting for us in our room.

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Celebrity Cruise 11-29 to 12-7

By: CraigB

Reviewed on: 12 Dec 2014

The Summit is an older ship that has been nicely updated. It is smaller that the larger class ships and you definitely felt the rougher seas. The staff was congenial and friendly from 58 Countries. The entertainment was" just O K," not good. They had 3 bands that rotated venues throughout the Ship that were decent. I own a business and internet access is paramount, we bought 250 minutes of shear , raw, internet agony. We have no idea of our lost client emails or ours to them, it was terrible. I can tell you that their on board internet was a complete failure. Because of this we will probably will never take a Celebrity Cruise again and I would need to get iron clad proof of any Ships Internet capabilities before considering another Cruise. Sincerely Craig B

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Wedding trip to Jamaica

By: Bob

Reviewed on: 17 Nov 2015

My son was recently married at the Secrets resort in Jamaica. Deborah Brye handled all the details of the trip, my wife and myself just had to simply enjoy it. We really did, the resort was great, the wedding was even better and the travel to and from was flawless. Thanks Deborah for your help.

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Great planner for cruise

By: Audile

Reviewed on: 10 Feb 2016

Excellent cruise, great company. Will consider another winter cruise in 2017.

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She's The Best

By: LarryLip

Reviewed on: 30 Dec 2014

Deborah is the most professional, thorough, knowledgeable, thoughtful and caring agent I have ever known. We’ve worked together on several projects in the past, have three currently planned for 2015 and are working on 2016. I cannot even fathom working with anyone other than Deborah Brye/Unique Travel of Palm Beach/Virtuoso. Here is an example: One time when we were traveling in Italy, we needed to make a change in plans. Instead of driving a rental car from Tuscany to Florence, we decided that we would rather return the rental car in Tuscany (where we picked it up) and have a car and driver take us to Florence. We contacted IC Bellagio, the local Italian travel agency, and told them what we wanted to do. Within 20 minutes they had the whole thing arranged and informed us that we were getting a refund since the new plans were less money that the original. This experience showed us that we had found our travel agent/agency due to the quality of the people they associate with.

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Professional, Patient and Personable!

By: A. & J. T in NYC

Reviewed on: 05 Jan 2015

Deborah is a true pleasure to work with! She has excellent taste and is also diligent and thorough. She works extremely quickly, and remains patient from start to finish. I cannot say enough positive things about her. Thank you for all you've done for us. We highly recommended Deborah.

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Just another sale

By: Pool1

Reviewed on: 02 Apr 2015

Deborah does a great job putting together the trip. All of the paperwork, insurance is handled very efficiently. I feel that the agent should be aware of ALL promotions offered by the cruise lines and pass this information to its customers. I found the promotion and sent the link to her...it was a beneficial promotion. I wonder if the agent would have passed it on to us. Otherwise, no problems at all with the planning of the cruise.

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great job for both parties, all 7 of us

By: Jack

Reviewed on: 19 Jun 2015

Grandkids had a great time." Best vacation ever", was heard.

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Great Travel Agent

By: LarryTheLip

Reviewed on: 29 Jun 2015

Deborah Brye continues to amaze me in the way she makes my travel better. On my last trip - Amsterdam & a River Cruise from Amsterdam to Budapest: in this trip she got me a fabulous room at the Sofitel Legend The Grand Amsterdam. It has a great central location, a great hotel and a great room. On the River Cruise with Scenic Travel, Deborah once again got me a great cabin/room. In this case my cabin was in a category that put me into the 2nd top category, of which there were only 4 cabins on the ship (the top category had only 2 cabins). My cabin was large: 30 square meters (322 square feet), included a large sitting area with a very large LED HDTV and a large bathroom with both a shower stall and a bathtub. Also, being one of only six cabins, it provided additional amenities not available to the other passengers (e.g. unlimited laundry services). Good job Deborah!

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WONDERFUL TRIP TO PRAGUE

By: JEANMARIE6/15

Reviewed on: 16 Jul 2015

OUR TRIP TO PRAGUE WAS GREAT...AND THE HOTEL BOOKED BY OUR AGENT AT UNIQUE TRAVEL WAS EXCELLENT. IT WAS THE BEST LOCATION FROM WHICH TO SEE ANYWHERE IN PRAGUE AND THE HOTEL STAFF WAS GREAT. THE HOTEL ITSELF NEEDS A RENOVATION AND PERHAPS THEY ARE PLANNING ON DOING IT SOON. BUT DESPITE THIS, THE HOTEL BUFFET BREAKFAST AND LOCATION AND STAFF MADE UP FOR THE NOT BRIGHT DECOR. WE WENT ON SWISS AIR, BUSINESS CLASS. WOULD NOT RECOMMEND THIS AIRLINE AND THE TERMINAL IN ZURICH IS A NIGHTMARE. I HAVE YET TO FIND A REALLY PLUSH BUSINESS CLASS AIRLINE. SOME OF OUR GRANDCHILDREN WHO JOINED US FOR THE VISIT TO PRAGUE USED DELTA AND THEY SAID IT HAD A GREAT BUSINESS CLASS. SORRY WE DID NOT CHECK IT OUT. PRAGUE IS FILLED WITH TOURISTS....EVERYWHERE, BUT IT IS SUCH A SMALL CITY IT IS EASY TO GET TO GO ANYWHERE WITHOUT MUCH TROUBLE. OVERALL IT WAS A GREAT FAMILY TRIP.

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Amazing Virtuoso Extra Amenities

By: RobF

Reviewed on: 29 Feb 2016

Fantastic trip to the historic Hotel Hershey in Hershey, PA. The hotel has been beautifully refurbished, and is much more luxurious and in better repair than the last time we stayed there about 15 years ago. Everyone was amazingly nice and helpful. Making our arrangements through Virtuoso literally gave us several hundred dollars of added extras. My daughter and I both received complimentary breakfasts on both mornings (the buffet we chose was $22 per person, per day -- total $88, at no extra cost to us), a $100 resort credit (which we used for a wonderful dinner in the hotel's Circular restaurant), and upon arrival our room we found a huge assortment of different chocolate bars which had to have cost at least $25.00. We also received free admission for two to the Milton Hershey Story Museum, which would have totaled $20. I don't know how Virtuoso does it, but that was $233 of "value-added" amenities we really used. We had a wonderful weekend and highly recommend the destination.

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Enjoyable entertainment

By: Niles

Reviewed on: 24 Sep 2016

Very pleasant ship to sail on for a week.

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Best service!

By: NANNYELAINE

Reviewed on: 07 Oct 2016

She handles all trip details very well....cruise went very well..

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A GREAT Host

By: Mary D

Reviewed on: 06 Oct 2016

Deborah has planned several holidays for us. She is an expert. For many years, I did our travel planning. We got exposed to Deborah several years ago when we traveled with other clients of hers. What a relief to have HER take care of all the details and get bonus deals in addition. We have gotten to become friends with Deborah and look forward to traveling with her in the future. I don't want to exclusively cruise, and it is great to know she has experience and opportunities in independent travel as well. We value her opinion and know she is always looking to get us a GREAT vacation.

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great trip

By: Caroliney

Reviewed on: 16 Dec 2016

We had a great trip. We really enjoyed the penthouse suite. many thanks for the limo service home. It was great.

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Our holiday cruise was lovely

By: Nilesb

Reviewed on: 09 Jan 2017

The celebrity equinox was a very comfortable, well maintained ship. The ship was beautifully decorated for the holiday season.

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ALWAYS HELPFUL

By: JEAN B.

Reviewed on: 17 Jan 2017

DEBORAH BRYE IS ALWAYS PROFESSIONAL, POLITE AND READY TO HELP IN ANY SITUATION OR TO PROVIDE ANY INFORMATION WE MIGHT BE SEEKING. IT IS A JOY TO WORK WITH HER AND WE ALWAYS KNOW THAT SHE IS AVAILABLE FOR ANY OF OUR NEEDS. HER SUGGESTIONS ARE PERTINENT TO OUR LIKES AND DISLIKES AND SHE KNOWS ALL AREAS OF TRAVEL. IT HAS BEEN A JOY TO WORK WITH HER AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO A CONTINUED LONG RELATIONSHIP.

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Expert Friendly Service

By: Sir

Reviewed on: 16 Jan 2017

The trip was great Deborah did an excellent job in planning the trip, she took care of all th details and followed thru. Seaborne was excelent. Service and food top notch.

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Africa

By: fran

Reviewed on: 16 May 2017

she is fabulous and most efficient and knows much about where you are traveling. exceptionally responsive to all of your needs.
will be using her again for my next trip

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ALASKA

By: AB

Reviewed on: 17 Jun 2017

EXCELLENT. THE BEST TOOK CARE OF ALL PROBLEMS

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Cruise

By: Dave

Reviewed on: 07 Jul 2017

We don't sail until July 23 so unable to review at this time.

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Travel

By: Niles

Reviewed on: 09 Jul 2017

Deborah is very knowledgeable, thorough, and pleasant to work with.

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Alaska Trip

By: rodmharris@gmail.com

Reviewed on: 10 Jul 2017

Deborah was an invaluable help for our trip to Alaska. Her knowledge helped us plan all aspects from our trip including airline reservations, hotel accommodations, shore excursions and the best time to visit Alaska. We had originally planned to visit Alaska in September and Deborah suggested May or June. She was absolutely right. The weather (fresh & clean scenery) and availability of the animals was exceptional.
Her suggestion to spend extra time in Anchorage, prior to our trip and then additional time in Vancouver after our trip was most memorable.
We are working with her on our next trip to Australia and New Zealand in 2018. She will help us plan all aspects of that trip as well. We are confident that this trip will be as memorable as our Alaska trip.
Rod & Elaine Harris

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Advisor

By: Steve G.

Reviewed on: 18 Jul 2017

Deb was the best I have had at her job. Everything went well and the private tour guides were superb.

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Bert

By: Bert

Reviewed on: 10 Sep 2017

Very good. Helpful. Took care of little things

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Travel advisor

By: Gawk

Reviewed on: 11 Oct 2017

Always great. She takes care of every detail for us.

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Staypoland.com trip

By: Soaps

Reviewed on: 16 Oct 2017

Flawless. Everything went as planned. No glitches. Perfectly enjoyable trip.

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Cruise of the year

By: karelee

Reviewed on: 10 Jan 2018

It was fine and easy.

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Excellent travel advisor...

By: KSS

Reviewed on: 03 Jan 2018

Deborah is a top professional in her field. From the beginning stages of the planning to the final paperwork everything was done perfectly. We had a few room changes and she followed through for us. She arranged for us to visit other hotels on some of the stops that were beautiful. We have used Deborah for several cruises and will continue to do so.

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Great trip wonderful agent

By: Jean B

Reviewed on: 22 Jan 2018

Deborah is fantastic. Always professional and willing to help in any way to get the best out of the trip. Would not work with any other agent. She is a joy I would recommend her without question.